Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)

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1. What do we need to know about this composer?

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Brazilian composer who was the leader of the Brazilian nationalist musical movement.
Self-taught composer: Blends European influences and Brazil’s native music and his own intense imagination.
The first composer of Latin America to achieve universal fame as a modernist.
Strong interest in improvisational popular music affects his songs.
Lived a Bohemian life of a street singer, sometimes.
Mastered both the guitar and the cello.

2. Name a song composition by this composer.

Possible answers . . .

Cação do poeta do século XVIII
Viola quebrada
Xangô

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This selection is called: “Cação do poeta do século XVIII”
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This selection is called: “Viola quebrada”
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This selection is called: “Xangô”
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